Telegram-herald., 1887-11-13
THE ASTOR LIBRARY
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The hahitues II taz ks1or library ara, souas
Df t6sal. a. peculiar - ths sFsalnE volaales
apsn ths sAslv.s- / a. sec ga<1a ses men
.a0 r,lsb ~ aid iook INTO book for an hour
and tEen rush our again 70 tas hustle Of eity
his. Bat tasy. TO. hAFs tzsir coaaterparts
n oOoxs. Ia fzGt, az of ,ls haF. II = plea
sant enough % sit a. one of tss tablss ~ish a
aos too tnssrssssng book before you, nov
boxing a. ~ printed pages and noN az the
.aried crosd AROUND Do you not sse rs-
ssIahlano-sf For Instances. the rusty cd gen
slsnsa over there with ths palln face. ths
soaEex spectacles snd ras shiny black suit x
old fashioned cut might % compared 70 one
Of tbs dusty. musty sonaes ia tns top shelves
saat srs saors carefully preserved than ks
1a=a again that nAsaY I'D covered move
~h-sh sent through ave sdisieas IA as many
wssxs nlight bs tnogghg Ok Ia conhectioa
~ifh ths loud talxing dawdy looking woman
~ao siEs al the neHr tabls. while the dainty,
io~ voiced girl ~ho sits naar hsr reminds ons
insrinetiv<iy OF 0ne of Thomas Bailey Aid
rich, bfylz faas you might 80 on until you
found a shsdos of every one OF this curioualy
assorted ysS withai congsnial company.
A CoCPLk o. CRANKs.
Opposite rne AZ tho table where I usually
rad. and where ! now write, sits a quaint
and cranky couple Al last one of them =
ggaiat sad TIE other cranky. The first Is
sdabby Esnteel man. Who reads dingy, dog
esr=d books that are themselves shabby
xsnteeI W hen 1 enter the library At 10 o'clock
every morning hs Is there. and y hen l leave
late IN shs afternoon he sllii slss In his chair,
hartiy having moved hLs position al day.
Somsri mes | st4Y until the library il closed
for ne aigst. and then be leaves the biz room
Ike man wac Knows not where To 20 Tor a
resting place. Tsere hs sits Al day as close
q the table a. pozsi3le. N order, 10 doubt, 70
concsal the lax sf buttons on his coat. In
Ger the lak- hs Old silk hat Is carefully do
posted sith penny morning paper AMI
parcel pssping over tho tattered rim IL /
happen 70 De there about o'clock will sec
him muncniak soanething whirh l have re-
eensly discovered . bread tie does not take
it out of his pocket. where be has stealthily
conveyed IL lrom the hat like lnan who
knew be wa eating a midday luncheon, bus
breaks OF hstls bits ia his pocksx and carries
then % bis mouth a. II feanns discovery.
rs knows only too well, perhaps, that hs Is
dining.
Ny otber opposite r. not unlike the shabby
xsn5eei psrsea IA general characteristics,
t.cagh he seems better fed Hs apparel,
howevcr. does not show the scruyulous care
of the other. BE generally comes in after l
have arrived. ard 50 | have ample opportu-
rity 20 watch his preparations for the days
reading First. hs supplies himself with
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carefully arrange about him, and seating
himself be viii clasp has hands across his
brsaSt and engage in q half audible prayer.
Then ne viii select his sabj jsct, settle down In
o comfortable position, close MS eyes and be-
gin the days reading. There he sits al day
loag with closed ewes. his face bent inteutly
over ths book with every evidence OF intense
interest or his countsnsncs. Whsther or not
he = reading VIII not undertake % say. but
this know, he turns over his pages at regu-
lar intervals ana now and then will oDen bis
eyes and taxa notes with The dullest OF
psncis
CosDLfS0 TEE MAGAZINES.
Rssids- the sntique already described there
f<ia dir--t contrast ths nam Of the period
Ess do>~ not care for books Of . past date, but
musr hsys earrsnf atsraasre or none at all.
magazines He VIII get them al at once. and
.akinx them usd,r bis arm seek some retired
slcovs. vhers IA viii proceed u read them
sas after another until hs = through with
,hsrn al Ana a. hs : generally a slow
r-adsr ns usually haz them IN his possession
al dAy. In rhe nassutine otasr r.adsrs may
sumo IN and want a hook at one oS the maSa-
zines "a hss, bur notAiag short OF a peremp-
A Il -
70 surrender them. and even then ne does 10
With very bad grace.
Then there Il a asa who wants % read
smething but Is not qrse sure Of what hs
wants Hs looks over the shelves. goes on
forbidden ground. . driven out. and then
x,rherS a los q books togsthsr, which he
bring. into ths reading room and pisces bs-
for. him he now prcceeds 20 look through
the whole lot. and very likely nothing viii
rsit him. Doubtlsss hs vii snd in picking
uo tbs book hIs nsighbor has Just finished.
snd IN . moment IS deeply immersed IN Is
psxrs
Another srequentsr Is the man who always
SAINTS the book you srs reading He passes
behind and se-s tbs title. and then a Wild d.
sirs - have that vcluBe' arises in him Hs
sax-s = sest opposite you. il possible. picks
no an index. IDLY turns ~ pages. and never
tak-s his -ves or yOu until. Ga self defsnse,
you drop the book or carry It 10 the libra
risa's table.
ra-n here is the y0Haz man who get. hold
0fs funny oook. and xro~s purple in his sf-
forts 70 keep from Eu2awinz out loud over
-. jokrs Beside him sits the cross grained
psrson. -ho never sniil-s over anything. and
reals book n shs same manner thSs most
\ u
-ti.s him. and pct s~-r Wilkins Nir-vher or
FfrcklsberrY Finn can make ms grim Jaws
relax into . smile New York Commercial
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na,~erous rrfnk.